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The crystal spirit: a study of ... - Google Books - 1 views

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shared by trcqnsi on 25 Jan 11 - No Cached
  • trcqnsi on 25 Jan 11
     
    argument: the comparison of Orwell's books and the affect his life had on them claim: Orwell put an unerring finger on the totalitarian element in anarchism itself, the nightmare of a society ruled by a public opinion so powerful that it can take the place of law.... evidence: The evidence lies not within the article itself but within the comparison of both 1984 and Animal Farm
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go.galegroup.com.lib.chandleraz.gov/...retrieve.do Orwell resource literature critique
shared by trcqnsi on 14 Dec 10 - No Cached
  • Burma exp
  • Orwell's Burma experience heightened his suspicions of social inequities and his sympathy for oppressed peoples. On his return to England in 1927 he aggressively transferred this suspicion and sympathy to the British class structure.
  • In 1936 Orwell wrote that his desire to "submerge myself, get right down among the oppressed" reflected the
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  • A first version, titled "A Scullion's Diary,
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      trcqnsi on 14 Dec 10
       
      why would he name it first this??
  • bad conscience" he had acquired from the Burma experience
  • where the narrator is employed as a dishwasher. Here Orwell reverted to a favorite strategy: illustrating through analogy so that British readers might apprehend a lesson about class structure.
    • trcqnsi
      trcqnsi on 14 Dec 10
       
      evidence??
  • trcqnsi on 14 Dec 10
     
    argument: Orwell's Burma experience heightened his suspicions of social inequities and his sympathy for oppressed peoples. On his return to England in 1927 he aggressively transferred this suspicion and sympathy to the British class structure. Claim: In 1936 Orwell wrote that his desire to "submerge myself, get right down among the oppressed" reflected the " bad conscience" he had acquired from the Burma experience. Evidence: where the narrator is employed as a dishwasher. Here Orwell reverted to a favorite strategy: illustrating through analogy so that British readers might apprehend a lesson about class structure.
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go.galegroup.com.lib.chandleraz.gov/...retrieve.do leftist critique Orwell
shared by trcqnsi on 10 Dec 10 - No Cached
  • trcqnsi on 10 Dec 10
     
    article on why Orwell is actually considered to be a leftist
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